Franklin Leonard Launches Substack to Clarify He Didn’t Call Hollywood Execs Racists Over ‘Sinners’

Franklin Leonard launched his Substack a bit earlier than planned on Thursday, noting that he was inspired to respond to “a podcast moment” from Matt Belloni’s “The Town” from Monday in which the host incorrectly recalled the Black List creator saying studio execs were “racists” amid frenzied coverage of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” deal earlier this spring.

“I was not actually planning on launching this week,” Leonard said in a video posted to X Thursday, linking out to his debut Substack post.